Retailer Hibbett Sports Inc. raised its outlook Thursday for profit in the fiscal year that ends in January, based on fourth-quarter same-store sales equal or better than the year earlier.

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Hibbett Sports Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter profit fell 2 percent despite a pickup in sales, as overhead and other costs rose at the sporting-goods retailer.

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As Dave Checketts, chairman of New York-based sports ownership group SCP Worldwide, tells it, mastering the art of the confrontation took him years. He learned by tangling with some real intimidators, including a nose-to-nose battle of wills with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at Madison Square Garden in 1996. During a recent Wharton Leadership Lecture, Checketts noted the key role that ...

The Bills look to snap a four game losing streak on the road this week against the 1-9 Kansas City Chiefs. Watch Ed Kilgore, Adam Benigni, and Ben Hayes break down the match-up on this week's Sports Extra.

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Sports sponsorships may be getting cheaper because of the global recession, alerting at least one bank to bargains. Barclays Plc, which backs English Premier League soccer and golf in the U.S., Europe and Asia, might consider new deals as prices decline, said Tim Peat , head of marketing and sponsorships.